She calmly told me that it was a marriage proposal from a boy named Brody. She has long been a huge fan of Brody because, as she told me, he is funny and his name reminds her of brownies. Fair enough. I giggled about the paper, posted a picture of it on Facebook, and joked with her grandmothers that they had better start dress shopping. For all I knew, Charlotte had made the creation herself and invented the whole story about the proposal. I knew Brody from the times I volunteered in Charlotte's classroom, and I thought he was a nice enough little boy -- tall, very goofy, and in love with marine animals.
Fast forward to yesterday's preschool graduation ceremony, and Corey and I noticed in the ceremony program that Brody (who said he wanted to be a marine biologist when he grew up) was one of the few kids from Charlotte's class headed to kindergarten at Baldwin next fall. Fun! We had thought only one other girl from First Friends would be there with Charlotte. I stopped Brody's mom on the way out of the graduation and said something like "so glad to hear Brody and Charlotte will both be going to Baldwin together this fall!"
She laughed and said she hadn't realized it either that they would be together until she saw the program. She then told me the story about how Brody had recently asked her "is it against the law to marry someone from your class?" She had answered no, and then asked him what girl he had in mind. "Charlotte," Brody replied.
GOOD LORD. Who knows where this marriage idea originated, but it appears they are both on board with the plan. Should I book the Duke Chapel now, or wait until there is an actual ring on her finger? She really likes ring pops, and you can buy one at any local gas station.
Time to start dress shopping. Maybe I can upcycle one of Corey's old work shirts into a wedding dress?
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